Antonyms for rabidly

Grammar : Adj, adv

Spell : rab-id

Phonetic Transcription : ˈræb ɪd

Definition of rabidly

Origin : 1610s, "furious, raving," from Latin rabidus "raging, furious, enraged; inspired; ungoverned; rabid," from rabere "be mad, rave" (see rage (v.)). Meaning "made mad by rabies" in English first recorded 1804. Related: Rabidly; rabidness.

As in madly : adj wildly, fiercely
As in crazily : adv furiously

Example sentences :

"And they'll all be rabidly hungry," said Eleanore with a sudden change.
Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole

The upper self is rabidly engaged in exploiting the lower self.
Extract from : « Fantasia of the Unconscious » by D. H. Lawrence

Garribardine was a Scotch title while her ladyship was rabidly English.
Extract from : « The Career of Katherine Bush » by Elinor Glyn

Was this the thing he had foresworn so rabidly a scant four hours before!
Extract from : « The Song of the Wolf » by Frank Mayer

The former showed a disposition to break forth into sensational headlines, and was rabidly and sometimes comically anti-English.
Extract from : « Wounded and a Prisoner of War » by Malcolm V. (Malcolm Vivian) Hay

Among the men who were rabidly set on distinguishing themselves in one way or another was a Major Beak.
Extract from : « Post Haste » by R.M. Ballantyne

Such a man as I have been describing is rabidly fond of disquisition and argument; one knows that without being told it.
Extract from : « The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

He was rabidly anti-Teutonic and attempted to compress all the great masters of art into the French mould.
Extract from : « Modern Painting, Its Tendency and Meaning » by Willard Huntington Wright

"You know well enough that we can't hope to convince a rabidly anti-railroad commission," was the half-angry retort.
Extract from : « The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush » by Francis Lynde

Traditions of subordination and discipline survived in an army, not the less thoroughly French, because it was rabidly Republican.
Extract from : « Border and Bastille » by George A. Lawrence

Synonyms for rabidly

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